The Return of the Dancing Master

Mankell, Henning

ISBN 10: 1843430584 / ISBN 13: 9781843430582

Published by Harvill Press, London, 2003

About this Item

For sheer storytelling, this novel will be hailed as one of Mankell's finest, also for its discussion of the dark side of contemporary Scandinavia. 1st UK Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover, 407 pp., 2 maps, unclipped illustrated jacket. Tiny bump on front board's bottom edge; otherwise like new condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return of the Dancing Master
• Publisher: Harvill Press, London
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843430584
• ISBN 13: 9781843430582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

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Synopsis

Kurt Wallander fans will love this new novel from Henning Mankell. Featuring a new cast of characters this novel marks the end of the Kurt Wallander Mysteries and prepares the way for many more mysteries to come. Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, lives alone in a remote cottage in northern Sweden. Two things seem to consume him; his passion for the tango, and an obsession with the "demons" he believes to be pursuing him. Early one morning shots shatter Molin's window...by the time his body is found it is almost unrecognisable. Stefan Lindman is another off-the-job police officer. On extended sick leave due to having cancer of the tongue Lindman hears about the murder of his former colleague and, in a bid to take his mind off his own problems, decides to investigate. As his investigation becomes increasingly complex it is with both horror and disbelief that Lindman uncovers links to a global web of neo-Nazi activity.

From the Inside Flap

When retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in the northern forests of Sweden, police find strange tracks in the snowEas if someone had been practicing the tango. Stefan Lindman, a young police officer recently diagnosed with mouth cancer, decides to investigate the murder of his former colleague, but is soon enmeshed in a mystifying case with no witnesses and no apparent motives. Terrified of the disease that could take his life, Lindman becomes more and more reckless as he unearths the chilling links between Molin's death and an underground neo-Nazi network that runs further and deeper than he could ever have imagined.